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Spiritual joys, spiritual hopes, spiritual pursuits,-these belong only to those who are spiritual. See the grand style in which God talks to men. But our body has not yet obtained its redemption. This wonderful chapter is the very cream of the cream of Holy Scripture. It is a blessing to break a leg if thereby a life is saved. Jesus is the representative man for his people. Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things.For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.. a. Romans 9:33 Unbelievers Stumbling; Believers Rejoicing. Augustine placed the truth in a clear light when he wrote, "The law is not at fault, but our evil and wicked nature; even as a heap of lime is still and quiet until water is poured on it, but then it begins to smoke and burn, not from the fault of the water, but from the nature of the lime which will not endure it.". It is well with us when we can pray. I suppose that the apostle, when he thus spake and said. There is something that the whole creation is waiting for, and it cannot come, till God’s children are manifested — till the glory is revealed in them. Conception takes place when we consent to the desire with our mind – then sin is born. We who believe in Jesus are all children of God, and we dare to use that name which only children might use, “Abba;” and we dare use it even in the presence of God, and to say to him, “Abba: Father.” We cannot help doing it, because the spirit of adoption must have its own mode of speech; and its chosen way of speaking is to appeal to the great God by this name, “Abba, Father.”. The Kingdom of God is Righteousness and Peace and Joy in the Holy Spirit. Salvation comes by faith, and faith comes by hearing, but that hearing must be the hearing of the Word of God. If there are any men in the world who do keep the law of God, they are the very persons who do not hope to be saved by the keeping of it, for they have by faith found righteousness in Christ, and now by love and gratitude are put under the power of the law of the spiritual life in Christ and they so live, by God’s grace, that they do manifest the holiness of the law in their fires. But, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. Do you follow the Spirit’s leading? Receive the weak but sincere believer into fellowship, but do not at once commence discussing knotty points with him, or quarrel with him upon matters of no importance. If thou lovest God, God loves thee. If your action, though right in itself, would have a tendency to destroy his soul, deny yourself for love's sake. “Not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” That glory is not yet fully revealed; it is revealed to us, but not yet in us. Considering the time; a busy time; a perilous time. If he cannot actually accomplish good for all, yet he anxiously desires it. Glory in us! For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. Why didn't he say, "exceeding black" or "exceeding horrible" or "exceeding deadly"? The law is good enough, it is absolutely perfect; “but,” says the apostle, “I am carnal,” — fleshly, — “sold under sin.”. While he is low down in the scale, he puts up with sin, and he is uneasy, but when he gets to see Christ and get somewhat like him, the more nearly he approximates to the image of his Master, the more the presence of the least sinful thought is horrifying to him. These Jews for whom Paul prayed, — these people who were so zealous in seeking to establish their own righteousness, — did not they know God’s way of salvation? There are no chapters in the Epistle as he inspired Paul to write it, the whole of it runs straight on without a break: “Therein therefore now no condemnation” — while struggling, fighting, warring, contending, —, There is no condemnation to them; that is gone, and gone for ever. “Quis separabit?” “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?”, “Quis separabit?” That shall be our motto in every time of trial: “who shall separate us from the love of Christ?”. So few were the obedient, that he asked where they were. Amen. What mean the general mourning and sighing of the air all through the winter? For which blessed be the name of the adorable Trinity, world without end! Instead, Paul is … Continue reading "Commentary on Romans 14:1-12" All creation is, as it were, watching and waiting on tip-toe for the day when God shall manifest his sons who are at present hidden. There is nothing that can take the place of the simplicity of divine truth. His focus on the oneness of Jews and Gentiles unites the book around a common thread. Another law has come in. “If any man” — be he prince or magistrate, a member of Parliament or a doctor of divinity, — ” if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”, Romans 8:9 "… the Spirit of God … the Spirit of Christ.". That poor, dusky clod in which we dwell is yet to be illuminated with the light of God; and these poor bodies which are akin to the dust of the earth, and still remain as if they were not delivered, being subjected to pain, and weakness, and death — even they are yet to be brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Do you feel pressed down when you see abounding sin? As the spider spinneth her web out of her own bowels, so do sinful men try to manufacture a righteousness out of that which is within them; but this they can never do. 6d. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. We, dear friends, have had this whole process carried out in our midst. Romans 8:9. Commentary on Romans 13:11-14 (Read Romans 13:11-14) Four things are here taught, as a Christian's directory for his day's work. If their experience is like that of the apostle Paul, or like that of many another child of God whose biography one delights to read, it is so, and it will be so. Scripture: Romans 14:23. That is a Christian. He that getteth a hold of it anywhere hath a hold of the whole of it, for this Scripture cannot be broken. Romans 8:14 The Leading of the Spirit, the Secret Token of the Sons of God. … Romans 8:9 If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. They are of him, without any other motive; through him, without any assistance; and to him, without any other end. The true man — the newborn man — is struggling after that which is right. It is a kind of hearing of the Word; but a man must know, or he cannot believe. So that he inclines our hearts to request the very blessings which the Father has determined to give, and hence our prayers are but the transcripts of the divine decrees. Our spirit knows that we are God’s children and then God’s Spirit adds his testimony to the witness of our spirit that we are the children of God. Is there unrighteousness with God? SO. He never repents of his choice, or changes his purposes of love. Have they made the saints leave off loving Christ, or Christ cease from loving his people? Paperback. You know that the modern way of meeting objections to Scripture is to give up everything to the infidel, and then say that you have won him; but the true Christian way is to give up nothing at all, and if the truth is objectionable, to make it, if possible, still more objectionable, to turn the very hardest side it has right in front of the face of man, and to say, “This is God’s truth; refuse it at your peril.” I believe that half the attempts to win over unbelievers by toning down truth have simply been to the dis-honoring of the truth and the destruction of the doubter, and that it would be always better to do as the apostle here does, — not to disavow the truth, but to proclaim it as fully, and faithfully, and plainly as possible. They are, in fact, the outcome of that very predestination. "—Romans 16:24 The Christian is a man of generous actions, but his wishes go far beyond his deeds. “Light afflictions” are contrasted with “an exceeding weight of glory.” Temporary afflictions, but for a moment, are to be followed by everlasting crowns that fade not away. No breaking of these links. Dr. R.C. So our Lord came, as a Jew, to be "a minister of the circumcision." Has not addiction been to them a stern test of the reality of their faith? Let the old life be crucified and put to death with Christ, and let the new life take its place. Search a pre-defined list. They had hunted Paul from city to city, but the only feeling for them that he had was a wish that they might be saved. Notice that personal pronoun “he” — how it comes at the beginning, and goes on to the end. Romans 8:35. While we were under the law, we could not come into the bonds of the new covenant, — the covenant of grace. We are new creatures, but the old man struggles within us to get the mastery. See the splendor of this divine sovereignty, which shows itself in wondrous, unexpected acts of grace, selecting and taking to itself those who seem to be self-condemned, and even condemned by himself, of whom he had said, “Ye are not my people.”. But in addition to his sermons, he regularly reading a Bible passage before his message and gave a verse-by-verse exposition, rich in gospel insight and wisdom for the Christian life. Because there is nothing in the world so bad as sin. O, sinner, the Word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart, “then, put it not away from thee, but hold it fast for ever! “The body in dead,” says the apostle, in the tenth verse of this chapter, “because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.” There is a wonderful process through which this body shall yet pass, and then it shall be raised again, a glorious body, fitted for our regenerated spirit; but as yet it remains unregenerate. It is then that it will receive its full share of the blessed work of Christ. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.. a. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. Only think of that! Happy day! In due time, they shall come forth, acknowledged of God, and then shall the whole creation rejoice. Read Romans 14 commentary using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible. Romans 8:38, 39 1 am persuaded, that neither death, nor life…. Happy are the people who have a share in this double blessing, and unhappy are the men and women who know nothing of it. Scripture: Romans 14:16–19. Romans 8:34. Who is he that condemneth? Romans 9:17. The only righteousness which will stand the test of the day of judgment is that which God bestows upon believers in his Son Jesus Christ. Romans 8:28: The True Christian's Blessedness, Romans 8:28. Speaking for myself, I can say that, often, when I am most earnest in prayer, stray thoughts will come into my mind to draw me off from the holy work of supplication; and when I am most intently aiming at humility, then the shadow of pride falls upon me. If you will not have death unto sin, you shall have sin unto death. There is much in this chapter about groaning, and that is but natural, for it so largely concerns our present imperfect state; but, by-and-by, there will be-, There seems to be a good deal of this groaning; it is only in heaven that there are-, “No groans to mingle with the songs Which warble from immortal tongues.”. It is true that God promised to bless the seed of Abraham, yet he meant that word “seed” in a very special sense. 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. Blessed be God for this, for when we had broken his law, he might justly have left us to take the consequences; but he has stepped aside: he has gone beyond all that might have been expected of him, and brought in a law by which a remedy is applied to all our ills. The preacher preaches; the people hear; by hearing, they believe; and by believing they are saved. Romans 10:16. He did not seek to be among his disciples as a king is in the midst of his troops, guarded and protected in the time of strife; but he exposed himself to the fiercest part of all the conflict. Romans 8:28. How often have you risen from your knees feeling the utter inadequacy of words to express the desires of your heart! “That he might be the first-born among many brethren.”, Oh, what a glorious privilege is yours and mine, if we are indeed children of God! The principle of law produced no holiness in us, but Jesus has condemned sin and created a new life in our hearts, and thus he has brought forth in our lives the conformity to God which legal terrors never produced. The Lord knoweth them that are his, and he will save them by his grace. There are some preachers who say nothing about God’s purpose, or God’s decree; they seem to be afraid of it, they say it is “Calvinistic doctrine.” Why, it was here, in the Scriptures, long before Calvin was born, so what right have they to call it by his name? In Romans 14:1—15:13, Paul addresses this issue. But, alas! Yet note what is Paul’s feeling towards his cruel countrymen; he is willing, as it were, to put his own salvation in pawn if by doing so the Jews might but be saved. What counterfeits of so-called sacraments, and what a mass of human doings and external paraphernalia of all sorts they have interjected! If a man travels to the North, his sincere belief that he is on the right road will not bring him to his destination in the South. Only 8 left in stock. If God is that great working One who does all this, who can be against us? After he had expressed his faith in Christ, Bonner said, "You are a heretic and will be damned. Romans 14:1. 15 Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Any one of these things befog true of us, it is most certain that the rest are also true. Oh, what struggles, what contentions, what rightings, there are within the men and women in whom the grace of God is working mightily! This chapter is a gospel in itself; it very clearly points out the plan of salvation by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Not with the common call with which he calls other men, but with the special call. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Paul is now going to show the other aide of the same truth: “The scripture saith unto Pharaoh,” —. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. “All things work together for good” — for lasting and eternal good, — “to them that love God,” that is their outward character, —. It is a blessed thing to have hope. Romans 14:4. “Beloved, now are we the sons of God,” this is a special privilege that belongs only to those who are spiritual. He did not know that he would go to Rome as a prisoner; he could not foresee that he would be sent there as an ambassador in bonds; and little, I wean, did he care in what manner he would go, so long as he bad the absolute certainty that he should go “in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.”, For there were some saints in Jerusalem who were very narrow-minded, and who hardly thought it right to accept anything from Gentiles. Does he suffer? The Jews thought that God must certainly save them. See here the whole machinery of salvation. The Message of Romans: God's Good News For The World (The Bible Speaks Today New Testament) John Stott. ", if any confront you with other confidences, still keep to this almighty plea: "Christ has died." So many prophecies refer to this grand event, that it is surprising any Christian can doubt of it. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. Yet here is the main sphere of hope, and therefore let us give it full scope; and when other graces seem to be at a non-plus, let us still hope. Go to, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use our convenient, Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible. So the poor outcast Gentiles have received Christ although Israel rejected him. I often hear people say, “We go to such-and-such a place of worship, to hear so-and-so preach.” That is well if the preacher is, like John the Baptist, “a man sent from God;” for “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God;” only let us all so hear the Word of God that, hearing it, we believe on Jesus Christ whom God hath sent; believing on him, we confess our faith in the divinely-appointed way, devoutly worship and adore the ever-blessed God, — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, — and do all we can to make the Savior known to others. The first volume is "Lectures to my Students: a Selection from Addresses delivered to the Students of the Pastors' College, Metropolitan Tabernacle". He is as the beast that is fattened for the slaughter. They seem to make up a Jeremiah’s roll of sorrow. They live for self-aggrandizement. How sad it is that so many, in all sincerity of blind zeal, should be dishonoring God, and virtually dethroning him by the attempt to set up a righteousness of their own, when he has already provided a perfect one which they will not accept. Our manhood is not all soul: it is body, too. === Sample: Romans 8:1-3 === Romans 8 And this is the true exploration of prayer, — that what God intends to do, his spirit leads his people to ask him to do; and thus there is no conflict between the eternal predestination of God and the earnest entreaties of his people. That foreknowledge, to which all things future are open and present, begins the deed of love. ", As "there is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus," so we may solemnly say, "There is therefore now a most weighty condemna­tion on you who are not in Christ Jesus, who are walking, not after the Spirit, but after the flesh.". 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